This 2017 study provides deep-dive analysis of the Americas region including qualitative and quantitative analysis specific to the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. This is the third edition of IHS Markit’s deep-dive coverage of the Americas market, and it comes as part of the series of reports by IHS Markit on the market for access control equipment.

For many years, access control suppliers have been looking to diversify and invest in new countries to expand growth opportunities, and for many years, high growth and opportunity was on threshold of being realized.
However, IHS has found that the North American market (including Mexico) will outpace the Latin American market until 2018.

Coming off a record quarter in September, TriQuint announced a new design center in South Korea. The company hopes that having an increased engineering presence in Korea will facilitate “collaboration on technology innovation and future product design” between it and its customers there. In its 2012 10-K regulatory filing TriQuint had listed 6,700 square feet (ft²) of leased space used for “Engineering and Marketing” in Korea. This recent announcement highlights an expansion of the company’s presence in Korea and a push to win more business with the two large handset OEMs based in that country. TriQuint’s major competitors all had a Korean presence as of their latest regulatory filings as well.

Earlier this month, HAI by Leviton announced that Yale Real Living has been added as a ‘Connectivity Partner’, enabling the integration of Yale’s ZigBee and Z-Wave door locks into the HAI by Leviton home automation systems...